Are all battles based on real battles that happened?
No. On the rare occasions that we get to perform at, or near, original battle sites we do try and script the battle to reflect what happened originally. However most displays are generic demonstrations of typical battles, and are scripted to use the ground in the best way possible. One major problem in re-enacting actual Civil War battles is the lack of cavalry. It is simply not financially possible to recreate anything like the numbers of horse that were originally involved. In the major set-piece battles such as Edgehill, Marston Moor and Naseby, horse made up at least a third of the armies. In the Sealed Knot we are lucky if we ever have a tenth of the armies on horseback!
